New York, New York Day #4 “Art, Food and More Food”

After breakfast we headed north to the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD).  MAD is not just an acronym but rather how you feel about wasting your money here.  I found this place a bore.  The most interesting exhibit was in the stairwell where we saw a display of beautiful goblets.  See below.

As I said, this was in the stairwell, if we had been elevator users we would have missed it.

After the museum we headed over to Central Park and visited the NYC Marathon Expo.  The big race is Sunday and more than 50,000 people will participate.   We then had lunch at the Central Park iconic restaurant Tavern on the Green (Central Park West & 67th Street, New York, NY 10023).  The surroundings and service were great but we both thought the food was not very special.  The waiter was very nice and asked if we were in town for the Marathon.  In fact a number of people have asked me the same thing.  I took that as compliment implying that I looked like I am in amazing shape and ready to run the 26.2 miles.  Then on further consideration I recall when I ran in the LA Marathon in 1998 I was so thin I looked awful.  People thought I had cancer or AIDS.

After lunch we took the advice of a friend and blog follower Don W.  He suggested we walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.   This had never been mentioned to us and something I wouldn’t have considered on my own but it was a lot of fun.  I could not believe how many people were on the bridge.  The walk is a little over a mile and the views from the bridge are spectacular.

We also noted signs on the bridge saying that locks on the bridge are not allowed and placing one would result in a fine.  See below.

We saw a number of locks attached to the bridge with inscriptions of love.  Apparently in the past it was a huge problem and in 2016 the city passed an ordinance making it illegal.  The number of locks are greatly reduced but some people still have not gotten the message.

After resting a bit at the hotel it was time to go out to dinner.  We again used a recommendation of our friends John and LaRae, and once more they came up big.  You might recall I asked for restaurants where we would find locals rather than tourists. Tonight we ate at Le Parisien (163 East 33rd Street New York, NY 10016).

As you can see above the decor was very ordinary.  The restaurant was small and from what we could tell we were surrounded by locals.  And the food?  Well look below.

More fun planned for tomorrow.  See you then.